In with the Out Crowd
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| Studio album by Less Than Jake | ||||
| Released | May 23, 2006 | |||
| Recorded | November 2005 | |||
| Genre | Ska punk, Punk rock, pop punk | |||
| Length | 39:08 | |||
| Label | Sire | |||
| Producer | Howard Benson | |||
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| AbsolutePunk.net | (81%) |
| Allmusic |   |
| Entertainment Weekly | (C+) |
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In with the Out Crowd is the sixth studio album by American ska-punk band Less Than Jake, released on May 23, 2006 on Sire Records. Produced by Howard Benson, who had previously worked with the band on their third studio album, Hello Rockview (1998), the album was preceded by the single "Overrated (Everything Is)" and an EP of material recorded during the same sessions, entitled Absolution for Idiots and Addicts.
Prior to the album's release, Vinnie stated that the album:
"won't be a throwback record. It isn't like anything we've done before. There's slow, The Specials influenced ska, very minor chord ska, over the top, catchy pop-punk, some Foo Fighters influences too. Doing the same record twice would short change the people who like the band. You know, things can't feel redone. You have to try to keep pushing the genre and the band style forward."
Similarly, guitarist, Chris Demakes, notes that the band:
"jumped out of the box a little bit and we did something a little different. I think we’re up to like 140 songs as a band, and you release some songs and a bunch of kids bitch about it. “Oh, this band is over with!” It’s like, “We tried something different. If you like it, you like it. If you don’t, you don’t.”
Upon its release, drummer and lyricist, Vinnie Fiorello, described the record as "a mix of [previous albums] Hello Rockview, Borders and Boundaries and Anthem."
The album is notable for featuring far less involvement from its horn section than on past albums. In an interview promoting the band's subsequent album, GNV FLA (2008), saxophonist JR noted, "There was a lot of backlash from our last record from a lot of our core fans. And whether it was deserved or not is neither here nor there. It's not worth fighting about, because my opinion of our last record has never changed; it's an awesome record, and I love it."
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